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Bond is a martini man, yet in the new Skyfall movie, which company pays how much for its product placement? 1) Gordon's gin for $25 million; 2) Pouilly-Fuissé wine for $35 million; 3) Heineken for $45 million; 4) Enzian Schnapps for $42 million.

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3) Heineken for $45 million.Handout
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Bond lost his virginity: 1) While at Eton college, with an instructor, in the library; 2) On holiday in Bruges with a fellow student in the ruins of a church; 3) At age 16 in Paris; 4) At age 17 in London.Mary Ann Simpkins
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3) At age 16 in Paris.Pascal Le Segretain
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Bond briefly attends Eton College, but leaves shortly after because: 1) He has girl trouble with a maid; 2) He fails his classes; 3) He joins the military, which sets him up for his spy training; 4) None of the above.Wikipedia
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1) He has girl trouble with a maid.ukluxurytours.co.uk
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Details of James Bond's early life were revealed in You Only Live Twice:
The death of his parents in a car accident; 2) The death of his parents at the hands of Russian spies; 3) The death of his parents in a climbing accident; 4) The survival of his parents well into old age.Amazon.com
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3) Bonds parents are killed in a mountain climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges (pictured hear) near Chamonix.Wikipedia
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In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond's wife, Countess Tracy di Vicenzo:
1) Is murdered; 2) Disgusted and broken-hearted, she leaves the philandering Bond; 3) Has an affair herself, and they part ways shortly after; 4) Bond was never married.Wikipedia
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1) On their wedding day, she was murdered by Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who was once played by Donald Pleasance.Wikipedia
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In the early years — as in From Russia With Love — Bond was criticized for carrying a "lady's gun." What was the sissy gun? 1) a Beretta; 2) a Colt; 3) a Walther PPK; 4) None of the above.Handout
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1) Specifically, a .25 ACP Beretta, a version of which is pictured here. Cute, huh?Wikipedia
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When Ian Fleming created his character James Bond, the author gave the spy similar traits to his own. Which item do they NOT share a fondness for: 1) Scrambled eggs; 2) Blood pudding; 3) Gambling; 4) Golf.Amazon.com
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2) Blood pudding.iStock
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In 1954: 1) Bond is made a Companion of the British Commonwealth; 2) A Companion of the Order of St Michael; 3) A Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; 4) None of the above as MI6 agents are not permitted to hold titles, for security reasons.Handout
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3) A Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. The medal pictured here is the Order of the British Empire.Wikipedia
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Aside from martinis, James Bond is also known to occasionally drink: 1) Tea; 2) White wine; 3) Red wine; 4) All of the above.
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3) Red wine. Although he is a Brit, Bond calls tea mud and blames the beverage for the downfall of the British empire.Joe Readle
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2) Caspar, who at 23 committed suicide by taking an overdose of drugs.screengrab
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Almost all the Bond movies premiered at London's Odeon Leicester Square, but which movie was first screened in 1965 in Tokyo? 1) Goldfinger; 2) You Only Live Twice; 3) Diamonds are Forever; 4) Thunderball.Handout
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4) Thunderball.Wikipedia
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Author Ian Fleming named his spy James Bond because he: 1) Preferred a boring name for the character; 2) Used his grandfather's first name and this mother's maiden name; 3) Knew a German bird lover named James Bond; 4) Had a neighbour named James Bond at his Jamaican estate.Handout
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1) Preferred a boring name for the character. Fleming did name his spy after American — not German — ornithologist James Bond, pictured here.Wikipedia
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3) The train that Fleming took to London.photograph-london.com
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